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RESPONSE TO CLIMATE CHANGE COMMISSION: Drive Electric’s advice on the second draft of the Emissions Reduction Plan (2026-2030)

Drive Electric

It is rapidly becoming clear that electric vehicles will replace petrol and diesel ICE vehicles in most use cases. New Zealand currently has 4 million passenger cars in its fleet, the vast majority of which are fuelled by petrol and diesel. The government itself has set a target to have 30% of the light fleet electric by 2035.

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Drive Electric Submission Land Transport (Clean Car) Amendment Bill

Drive Electric

The technology is ready and available to make this transition in the light vehicle fleet. Improve safety of the fleet; and/or. ? New Zealand has a proposed target to reach 30% of the light vehicle fleet as electric by 2035 in the Government’s Emissions Reduction Plan Discussion Document. PO Box 3899, Auckland 1140.

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Electric vehicles trends in India

Electric Vehicles India

Electric vehicles have attracted the attention of India’s policy makers as clean technology alternatives due to their multiple advantages like higher efficiency and lower air pollution in short to medium term and reduced CO2 emissions. The entire bus fleet will be turned to electric vehicles. Market overview. billion in 2020.The

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Drive Electric Submission on the Emissions Reduction Plan Discussion Document

Drive Electric

Do you support the target to make 30 per cent of the light vehicle fleet zero-emissions vehicles by 2035, and the associated actions? . The New Zealand light vehicle fleet, including light commercial vans and trucks, makes up 80 per cent of our transport emissions. . There are 3.5 million passenger vehicles in New Zealand.

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GM Says Chevrolet Volt Won't 'Pay the Rent' | Autopia from Wired.com

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

Theyre not trying to send men to the moon, theyre building an ELECTRIC CAR that uses a petrol motor they already make charging batteries supplied by LG all bolted into a vehicle platform they also already have in production. Generating electricity from wind and geothermal rather than a CO2 producing sources would help alleviate that problem.

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